Below you will find example sentences with "first period". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

First Period in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: period
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 15
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 30 words

Words in this phrase

first period

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • first can mean: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. Very common word
  • period can mean: A length of time. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a scoreless first period billotte immediately 1× a scoreless first period but the 1× a scoreless first period in which 1× after the first period 1× during the first period 1× four goal first period lead before 1× in that first period and that 1× in the first period 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after a scoreless 2× after a relatively 1× bismarck jumped out 1× capital goals came 1× cheveldave s excellent 1× chevron s proposal 1×

Common sentence endings:

the second period 4× the first period 3× completely different team 1× few they allowed 1× for sioux falls 1× for the best 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

goal 9× lead 5× goals 5× game 4× scoring 4× scoreless 4× team 3× opened 3× late 2× minutes 2× martin 2× power 2×

Related phrases

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings first phase reporting period first nations first amendment

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around period:

same period 18×

Just before it in the phrase index:

first oscar first opportunity first novel first ncaa first nations first nation

Just after it in the phrase index:

first phase first player first playoff first published first quarter first reading

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings

Same ending:

reporting period same period extended period third period transition period brief period

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "first period" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 30 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a scoreless first period billotte immediately, a scoreless first period but the, goal, lead and goals stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with first floor, first lady, first round and same period, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with first period

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

After a scoreless first period, Billotte immediately escaped to start the second period for the bout’s first points. (19 words)

Jake Allen made 16 saves in the scoreless first period and Josh Anderson opened the scoring early in the second period. (21 words)

The teams battled to a scoreless first period but the Canadians opened the scoring at 8:37 of the second period. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

The played a pretty even first period, even with all of the time they had to spend killing penalties, and we hit the first intermission feeling like neither team really had pulled away with an edge in that first period, and that was probably for the best. (47 words)

The Otters opened the scoring in the first with a short-handed goal by Sam Alfano 10 minutes into the first period, before Martin Misiak doubled their lead with a power-play goal before the end of the period. (39 words)

Susaki was leading 1-0 at the end of the first period, but Vinesh made a brilliant turnaround in the second period, outdoing her Japanese opponent by miles to secure a 3-2 win to make way to QFs. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Second period: 1963 In the months prior to the second period, Pope Paul VI worked to correct some of the problems of organization and procedure that had been discovered during the first period.

The played a pretty even first period, even with all of the time they had to spend killing penalties, and we hit the first intermission feeling like neither team really had pulled away with an edge in that first period, and that was probably for the best.

Despite giving up the first goal, the Knights were the better team throughout most of the game scoring late in the first period to tie it and twice in the second period to go ahead.

The Otters opened the scoring in the first with a short-handed goal by Sam Alfano 10 minutes into the first period, before Martin Misiak doubled their lead with a power-play goal before the end of the period.

After a scoreless first period, Billotte immediately escaped to start the second period for the bout’s first points.

There won’t be a lot of goals scored in the first period, as UMass is outscoring the opponent 7-6 in the first period.

Melanson’s first goal ignited Pictou County’s four-goal second period explosion that erased the 3-0 lead that the Islanders enjoyed after the first period.

Chevron’s proposal leaves us in serious uncertainty; the field will develop according to Chevron’s interests in the first period, and in the second period, there will be no gas,” he explained.

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Jake Allen made 16 saves in the scoreless first period and Josh Anderson opened the scoring early in the second period.

Susaki was leading 1-0 at the end of the first period, but Vinesh made a brilliant turnaround in the second period, outdoing her Japanese opponent by miles to secure a 3-2 win to make way to QFs.

Bismarck jumped out to a big four-goal first period lead before Clayton Cosentino got the Wings on the board late in the period.

Capital goals came on a power play from Caden Davis at 14:02 of the first period and Clay Ambach added a goal at 12:07 of the second period.

Evan Gallant gave the Crushers a 1-0 lead in the first period, while goals by Jake Martin and Samuel LeBlanc restored the Crushers’ lead in the second period.

The teams battled to a scoreless first period but the Canadians opened the scoring at 8:37 of the second period.

After a relatively even first period with the Flyers leading 15-13 in shot attempts they dominated the second period not in how many they had, but the quality of said attempts, and how few they allowed.

The Feb. 9 game against the Eastern CT Eagles saw one goal in the first period, then six in a high-paced second period.

Tuukka Rask stopped 16 shots in the first period against the Buffalo Sabres while the Bruins tried to find their footing, but his biggest save didn’t come until the third period.

Woodbury allowed one goal in the first period, two more goals in the second period and another two goals in the third to make five total in the game.

After a scoreless first period in which the Musketeers outshot the Stampede 13-11, things picked up in the second period for Sioux Falls.

Cheveldave’s excellent first period proved important in the remaining 40 minutes of the game, as Saint Mary’s came out for the second period looking like a completely different team.

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